Bedarf

/[bəˈdaʁf]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,801

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

Bedarf is aGermannoun. It means: etwas, das gebraucht wird Pronounced [bəˈdaʁf]. It ranks #1,801 in German word frequency. Often confused with bewarb and Bedarfs.

Key facts for Bedarf
PropertyValue
HeadwordBedarf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[bəˈdaʁf]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,801
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Bedarf in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Bedarf is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [bəˈdaʁf]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,801 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas, das gebraucht wird".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Bedarf, with forms such as "bbedarf", "bdearf", and "beadrf". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "bewarb", "Bedarfs", "bedaure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Bedarf, spelled B-E-D-A-R-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas, das gebraucht wird

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: bbedarf,bdearf,beadrf,bedafr,bedarff,bedarrf,beddarf,bedraf,ebdarf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Bedarf

Misspelling Variants of "Bedarf"

bbedarf7bdearf6beadrf6bedafr6bedarff7bedarrf7beddarf7bedraf6
Misspelling Variants of "Bedarf"

Frequency rank: #1,801 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Bedarf"?
"Bedarf" is spelled B-E-D-A-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is [bəˈdaʁf].
What does "Bedarf" mean?
As a noun, "Bedarf" means: etwas, das gebraucht wird
What words are commonly confused with "Bedarf"?
"Bedarf" is commonly confused with "bewarb", "Bedarfs", "bedaure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Bedarf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Bedarf" is [bəˈdaʁf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Bedarf" come from?
"Bedarf" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.